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fgning men. By acharter, dated the 6th 
of Auguft, 1731, he eftablified in’ Ba- 
waria, Neuburg, Sulzbach, ‘and the Up- 
per Palatinate, a branch of that order, to 
the honour of God, for the purpole of 
promoting the interefis of the holy Catho- 
die religion, for the nae of the Bavarian 
pobility, and the good of the commeon- 
wealth ; and he conferred upon them the 
eftates and pofleffions that formezly be. 
Jonged to the jeluits, ‘This donation was 
very confiderable ; the value of their ca- 
pital eXce sine 6co millions of forins.— 
The language conifed of the grand-pri- 
eries. sonanis chand Eberfberg, the grand- 
bailywick of Neuburg, a3 fecular and, 4 
clerical commandaeries. The privilege of 
having a chancery of their own was ke 
wife granted them, with al] the rights and 
exemptions enjoyed by the nobility ; and 
the grand- prior held the fame rank among 
the ftaies of the eleCtorate as the order of 
prelates. The other knights who hold 
commanderies likewife obtained a feat 
among the ftates in Bavaria and Neuburg: 
bati in the Upper Palatinate and Sulzbach, 
where there is no affembly of the ftates, 
ali the rights and privileges of the toble 
proprietors of fiefs. The prince of Bret- 
zenitein, a natdral fon of the elector, ‘had 
Been api pointed grand. prior. 
When Maximilian Jofeph fucceeded to 
the eleStorate, he confidered himlelf jufti- 
fied in_revoking thefe grants of his prede- 
sieli which had not been confirmed by 
the approbation of the agnates. The ef- 
ome of the Jefuits had been originally ape 
pret jated to the fupport of the {chools ; 
ana as the new elector had refolved to pay 
oe r attention to the amelioration st 
publ . inftruétion, one of his firit aé 
after his acceflion hack a decree for ried 
prefing the order of Malta in his dcemi- 
nions. Their efta‘es he put uncer -fe- 
queffration, the revenues of them being 
defined to forma fund to defray the ex- 
pences of the public fchools. This new 
regulation would probably have been pro- 
Guetive of the moft heneficial effects, and 
every friend of humanivy and the feiences 
hailed the appipach of better days: dut, 
unfortunately, the emperor Paul of Ruffia 
had taken “the order of Maita under his 
protection, and even accepted the office of 
grand-mafer. With the vehemence pe- 
culiar to him, he protefted againit the 
proceedings of the elector of Bavaria, ac- 
companying his proteft with threatening 
hints of the means by which the powerful 
can enforce compliance withtheir demands, 
At that time the third body of auxiliary 
Ruffian trcops:was marching through Bo- 
Prefent State of Kentucky, by Mr. Toulmin. 
>: Gated. iy a 
ee 4 
[Sept. 1, 
hemia towards the theatre of war; and it 
is afferted, that Korfakoff, chen com- 
mander, had orders to treat Bavaria in a 
hoftile. manner, if, before his entrance in- 
to the electorate, the decree againit the 
knights of Malta fhould not have been 
annulled. The elector being unable to 
retit fo powerful an interceffion, the 
knights of Malta have been reinfiated in 
ali their poffeflions, rights, and privileges, 
in confequence of a treaty fgned on the 
29th of ‘Joly, 1799, by baron Fiaxman, 
grand- crois of the order of St. John of Je- 
rufalem, and by baron Montgelas, minif- 
ter of ftate to the elector. The office of 
grand-prior is always to be held by a 
younger prince of the electoral family.— 
That the infitution of this new branch 
might caufe no alteration in the eftablifh- 
ed conftitution of the order, it has been 
agreed upon that it fhall forma part of the 
Englifh and new Ruffian languages, and 
be called the Englifh-Bavarian- Ruffian 
Language. The knights and their eftates 
are to be fubje&t to the ftatutes of the or- 
der, and to the decrees of the ‘grand. chap- 
ter at Malta; with various exceptions 
and alterations, however, rendered necef- 
fary by the eftablithed laws and cuftoms 
of Bavaria. 
a 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
PRESENT STATE Of KENTUCKY, by 
MR. TOULMIN. —-No. XII. 
Lexington, Kentucky, 
July 15> 179 3- 
E pleafed to inform George*, with my 
B kind regards to him; that I lately 
received a letter from him and Mr. B——= 
think, about 18 months ago. 
Tell him that we fhall not forget him, 
and fhail be forry if our children thould 
be ftrangers to him. But alas! it is dif-- 
ficult to tranferibe upon the ‘minds of 
children one’s own imprefhions, when the , 
caufes of them are fo diftant. 
I am glad to be abie to inform you, 
that my health thus far kecps pretty well 
this fummer, for which, I think, I am 
a goad deal indebted to the judicious me- 
ica affiftance of Dr. Harrifon, who was 
ne of the witneffes refpecting the flave~ 
rhe before the Houfe of Commons. I find 
you have received a Jetter of mine writte 
the laft fall, when labouring under the 
——- 
delphia 23d of Auguft, 1799, on his way to 
Kentucky, and of whor an interefting and 
well-written Memoir was given inthe Month- 
ly Magazine for Dec. 1799 p+ 926. 
greatelt 
* Mr. George Wiche, who died at Phila-— 
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